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<span class=large>THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI</span>
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CHAPTER 23
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Destruction of Babylon is a type of destruction at Second Coming—It shall be a day of wrath and vengeance—Babylon (the world) shall fall forever—Compare <a href="isa/13">Isaiah 13</a>.  Between 559 and 545 <span class='small'>B.C.</span>
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<sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 13: 1 (1-22)."><span class='smallcaps'>The</span></a> burden of <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/23/1b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Babylon.">Babylon</a>, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
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Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/2a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE wave the hand, give a signal.">shake</a> the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
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I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Joel 3: 11.">mighty</a> ones, for mine anger is not upon them that rejoice in my highness.
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The noise of the multitude in the mountains like as of a great people, a tumultuous noise of the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Joel 3: 14 (11, 14); Zeph. 3: 8; Zech. 14: 2 (2-3).">kingdoms</a> of nations <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/23/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Zech. 12: 3 (2-9).">gathered</a> together, the Lord of Hosts mustereth the hosts of the battle.
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They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, yea, the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
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Howl ye, for the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Day of the Lord.">day</a> of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
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Therefore shall all hands be faint, every man’s heart shall <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 9: 7; D&C 133: 41.">melt</a>;
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And they shall be afraid; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
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Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and he shall <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Earth, Cleansing of.">destroy</a> the sinners thereof out of it.
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For the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 24: 23; Ezek. 32: 7 (7-8); Rev. 6: 13 (12-13).">stars</a> of heaven and the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/23/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Astronomy.">constellations</a> thereof shall not give their <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/23/10c" mark="c" type="A" title="Joel 3: 15.">light</a>; the <sup>d</sup><a href="2_ne/23/10d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG World, End of.">sun</a> shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
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And I will <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 24: 6; Mal. 4: 1.">punish</a> the world for evil, and the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/23/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 34: 7; Prov. 21: 12.">wicked</a> for their iniquity; I will cause the arrogancy of the <sup>c</sup><a href="2_ne/23/11c" mark="c" type="A" title="Job 40: 11; 2 Ne. 12: 12; D&C 64: 24.">proud</a> to cease, and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible.
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I will make a <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 4: 1 (1-4).">man</a> more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
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Therefore, I will <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hag. 2: 6 (6-7); Heb. 12: 26.">shake</a> the heavens, and the earth shall <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/23/13b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Earth, Renewal of.">remove</a> out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of Hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
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And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up; and they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Lands of Inheritance.">land</a>.
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Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea, and every one that is <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lam. 2: 9; Alma 59: 6 (5-6).">joined</a> to the wicked shall fall by the sword.
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Their <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 27: 14 (13-15).">children</a> also shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/23/16b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 137: 9 (8-9).">dashed</a> to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.
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Behold, I will stir up the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 21: 2.">Medes</a> against them, which shall not regard silver and gold, nor shall they delight in it.
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Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lam. 2: 2 (2, 17, 21).">pity</a> on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children.
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 14: 15 (4-27).">Babylon</a>, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew <sup>b</sup><a href="2_ne/23/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 19: 24 (24-25); Deut. 29: 23; Jer. 49: 18; 2 Ne. 13: 9.">Sodom</a> and Gomorrah.
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It shall never be <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 50: 39 (3, 39-40); Jer. 51: 29 (29, 62).">inhabited</a>, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
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But <sup>a</sup><a href="2_ne/23/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 34: 14 (11-15).">wild</a> beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
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And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come, and her day shall not be prolonged.  For I will destroy her speedily; yea, for I will be merciful unto my people, but the wicked shall perish.
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